Stoner To Race For Red Bull Racing Australia

Red Bull Racing Australia can confirm the worst-kept secret
in Australian motorsport that two-time MotoGP champion Casey Stoner will race a
V8 Supercar in 2013.

The 27-year-old will drive Craig Lowndes' 2010
Bathurst-winning VE Commodore in the Dunlop Series - the development category -
in all seven rounds.

Stoner will have a further two test days in his Red Bull
Racing Australia Pirtek Holden before taking part in his first ever sanctioned
race on four wheels in the curtain-raiser to Adelaide's Clipsal 500 next month.

Stoner first met the Triple Eight Race Engineering team in
2011 and went on to complete his first test in a V8 Supercar the same year.

He was a regular fixture in the team's garage in 2012 and as
a long-time Red Bull athlete his joining the all-new Red Bull Racing Australia
outfit for the 2013 season is a natural fit.

Since announcing his departure from MotoGP mid-2012,
speculation had been rife that Stoner would return to Australia and race under
Roland Dane with the 2012 championship-winning Triple Eight team. Only
contractual discussions prevented an earlier announcement.

V8 Supercars is a new endeavour for Red Bull and Stoner, and
both parties are excited at the prospect of what the 2013 V8 season holds.